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- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiZiyi ZhangFaye WongSeveral women enter a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years, after the author has lost the woman he considers his one true love.2046 (2004)*
Science Fiction – Drama – Romance – Fantasy – Romantic Drama – Hong Kong's Oriental-Hotel Mid-60s – Hedonistic Sci-Fi-Novel Writer – Womanizer – Extramarital Women Lovers – Passionate Affairs – Lost True-Love – Unconsummated Affair – Loneliness – Melancholy – Regret – Nostalgia – Emotional Odyssey – Sci-Fi Fantasy – Time-Travel Train – Lonely Passengers – Mysterious Room 2046 – Recapture Memories – Reality-vs-Fiction – Past-vs-Future – Multiple Realities – Doppelgänger – Psychosexual Drama – Missed Opportunity Trauma – Emotional Trauma – Erotic Obsession – Inconsolable Pain – Frustrated Desire – Subconscious Repression – Psychological Angst – Depression – Erotic Fixation – Fetichism – Voyeurism – Identity Crisis – Puzzle Film – Self-Conscious Narration – Dream-Like Reality – Complex Plot – Flashbacks – Non-Linear Timeline – Neo-Noir – Urban Setting – Low-Key Lighting – Femme Fatale – Seduction – Cynicism – Fate – Art-House – Artistic Work – Bizarre – Extravagant – Experimental – Unconventional – Allegorical – Others – Solipsistic – Enigmatic – Atmospheric – Sensual – Futurism – Existentialism – Fatalism – Lyricism – Symbolism – Indie Film – Sequel – Cult Status – T o p – Best 00's – F a v e – Re-Watch Value – Foreign Language – Hong Kong
★★★★★★★★★ (9/10)-M - DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiMaggie CheungSiu Ping-LamTwo neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.In The Mood For Love (Fa Yeung Nin Wah) (2000)
Drama – Romance – Romantic Drama – Year 1962 – British Hong Kong – Cramped Apartment Building – Adjacent Apartments – Two Couples Neighbors – Man: Journalist – Woman: Secretary – Principles – Platonic Bond – Complex Relationship – Hesitant Love Affair – Unconsummated Affair – Unfulfilled Desire – Loneliness – Melancholy – Betrayal – Loss – Regret – Nostalgia – Emotional Odyssey – Psychosexual Drama – Missed Opportunity Trauma – Emotional Trauma – Erotic Obsession – Inconsolable Pain – Frustrated Desire – Subconscious Repression – Psychological Angst – Depression – Erotic Fixation – Fetichism – Voyeurism – Escapism – Identity Crisis – Puzzle Film – Self-Conscious Narration – Dream-Like Reality – Complex Plot – Flashbacks – Non-Linear Timeline – Fragment Reality – Neo-Noir – Urban Setting – Low-Key Lighting – Femme Fatale – Seduction – Fate – Art-House – Artistic Work – Visual – Bizarre – Extravagant – Experimental – Unconventional – Allegorical – Mise-en-Scène – Others – Solipsistic – Atmospheric – Sensual – Existentialism – Fatalism – Lyricism – Symbolism – Indie Film – Cult Status – Best 00's – F a v e – Re-Watch Value – Foreign Language – Hong Kong
★★★★★★★★ (8/10)-M - DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsPierre BatcheffSimone MareuilLuis BuñuelLuis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsBibi AnderssonLiv UllmannMargaretha KrookA nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsMax von SydowGunnar BjörnstrandBengt EkerotA knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.
- DirectorMichel GondryStarsJim CarreyKate WinsletTom WilkinsonWhen their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind (2004)
Science Fiction – Drama – Romance – Sci-Fi Romantic Drama – New York Young Couple – Polar-Opposites Characters – Volatile Relationship – Painful Breakup – Erased Painful Heartbreaking-Memories Plan – Innovated Neuroscience Medical Procedure – Procedure-gone-Awry – Fragmented Memories – Hallucinations – Flashbacks – Conflicting Realities – Deja -Vu Experience – Confusion – Melancholy – Love-Loss Trauma – Regret – Nostalgia – Emotional Odyssey – Love Story – Destiny – Psychological Thriller – Obsessive Romance – Emotional Pain – Memory Trauma – Subconscious Repression – Castration Complex – Defense Mechanism – Freudian Theory – Romantic Comedy – Dramendy – Comic Relief – Slapstick Comedy – Optimism – Puzzle Film – Complicate Storytelling – Labyrinth Structure – Self-Conscious Narration – Dream-Like Reality – Flashbacks – Non-Linear Timeline – Fragment Reality – Art-House – Surrealism – Existentialism – Symbolism – Bizarre – Experimental Film – Others – Relationship Drama – Plot Twist – Cult Status – Best 00's – F a v e – Re-Watch Value –U.S.A.
★★★★★★★★ (8/10) - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsJohn David WashingtonRobert PattinsonElizabeth DebickiArmed with only the word "Tenet," and fighting for the survival of the entire world, CIA operative, The Protagonist, journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a global mission that unfolds beyond real time.Tenet (2020)*
Science Fiction – Action – Thriller – Sci-Fi Action Thriller – Mysterious Organization "TENET" – Former CIA Agent – Top-Secret Assignment – Mission: Prevent World-War-III – Potential Global Destruction – Men-on-a-Mission – Race Against Time – Palindromic Time Travel – Time-Bending Mission – Time's Arrow Manipulation – Villainous Russian Oligarch Arms-Dealer – Alarm – Jeopardy – Threats – Blackmail – Espionage Action Thriller – Intelligence Agencies Operation – Track Down Operation – Suspense – Tension – Frenetic Action – Martial Arts – Heroism – Paranoid Thriller – Shadowy Conspiracy – Manipulation – Confusion – Chaos – Paranoia – Puzzle Film – Self-Conscious Narration – Dream-Like Reality – Reverse Chronology – Non-Linear Timeline – Labyrinthine Structure – Fragment Time – Others – Complex Scenario – Time Paradox – Cause-Effect Sequence – Elliptical Film – Experimental Film – Intelligent Film – Uncanny Effect – Oscar (1) Winner – Cult Status – F a v e – Re-Watch Value – U.S.A. – 1001 Must-See Movies
★★★★★★★ (7/10)-S - DirectorShane CarruthStarsAmy SeimetzFrank MosleyShane CarruthA man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.Upstream Color (2013)*
Science Fiction – Drama – Romance – Mystery – Thriller – Sci-Fi Mystery Drama – Mysterious Biological Experiment – Complex Parasite Infection – Indefinable Psychic-Link – Mind Control – Hypnosis – Manipulation – Parasite Extraction – Transfer-to-Pigs – Humans-Pigs Metaphysical Bond – Symbiosis – Romance – Young Couple – Inexplicable Attraction – Complex Bond – Common-Trauma Connection – Haunting Memories – Uncertainty Stress – Psychological Thriller – Depression – Hysteria – Identity Crisis – Existential Dread – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) – Paranoid Schizophrenia – Subconscious Trauma – Puzzle Film – Self-Conscious Narration – Dream-Like Reality – Flashbacks – Non-Linear Timeline – Labyrinthine Structure – Fragment Time – Art-House – Bizarre – Metaphorical – Sophisticated – Surrealism – Existentialism – Uncanny Experience – Others – Complex Scenario – Elliptical Film – Experimental Film – Intelligent Film – Indie Film – Alternative – Best 10's – F a v e – Re-Watch Value – U.S.A.
★★★★★★★ (7/10)-M - DirectorBéla TarrÁgnes HranitzkyStarsJános DerzsiErika BókMihály KormosA rural farmer is forced to confront the mortality of his faithful horse.
- DirectorRobert EggersStarsRobert PattinsonWillem DafoeValeriia KaramanTwo lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
- DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsEduardo NoriegaPenélope CruzChete LeraA very handsome man finds the love of his life, but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surgery after it is severely disfigured.Open Your Eyes (Abre Los Ojos) (1997)
Science Fiction – Drama – Mystery – Romance – Thriller – Romantic Drama – Wealthy Handsome Egocentric Young Playboy – Young Attractive Woman – Girl-of-his-Dreams – Love-at-First-Time – Vengeful ex-Girlfriend's – Jealous Possessive Rage – Intentionally Car-Crash – ex-Girlfriend Death – Playboy Survives – Face Completely Disfigured – Tragedy – Depression – Mystery Thriller – Psychiatric Prison – ex-Girlfriend's Murder Accusation – Psychiatrist’s Investigation – Face-Recovery Treatment – Amnesia – Hallucinations – New-Love-Interest / ex-Girlfriend Mysterious Duality – Insanity – Paranoia – Downward Spiral – Psychological Thriller – Obsessive Romance – Memory Trauma – Castration Complex – Defense Mechanism – Science Fiction – Cryogenics Company – After-Life Services – Lifelike Virtual-Reality Dreams – Puzzle Film – Complex Storytelling – Chinese-Box Narrative – Non-Linear Timeline – Dream-Like Reality – Alternate Reality – Flashbacks – Déjà-vu Experience – Ontological Enigma – Mind-Games – Art-House – Uncanny Experience – Bizarre – Psychedelic – Surrealism – Fatalism – Experimental Film – Other – Bifurcation Theory – Plot-Twist – Best 90's – Cult Status – Re-Watch Value – Foreign Language – European – Spain – 1001 Must-See Movies
★★★★★★★ (7/10) - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMachiko KyôMasayuki MoriThe rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
- DirectorGaspar NoéStarsNathaniel BrownPaz de la HuertaCyril RoyAn American drug dealer living in Tokyo is betrayed by his best friend and killed in a drug deal. His soul, observing the repercussions of his death, seeks resurrection.Enter The Void (2009)
Drama – Fantasy – Metaphysical Fantasy – Tokyo City – Young American Small-Time Drug-Dealer – Betrayal – Police-Raid Fatally-Shotted – Tragedy – Afterlife Experience – Out-of-Body Experience – Doppelgänger – Emptiness – Nothingness Descent – Non-Chronological Flashbacks – Psychosexual Drama – Scoptophilia – Childhood Trauma – Oedipus Complex – Freudian Theory – Lacanian Theory – Art-House – Bizarre – Mise-en-Scène – Uncanny Experience – Avant-Garde – Eccentric – Psychedelic – Surrealism – Voyeurism – Cynicism – Pessimism – Nihilism – Others – First-Person Viewpoint Technique – E x t r e m e – Shock Value – Experimental Film – Indie Film – Alternative – New France Extremity Movement – Cult Status – European – France
★★★★★★ (6/10) - DirectorGaspar NoéStarsMonica BellucciVincent CasselAlbert DupontelEvents over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in an underpass tunnel.Irreversible (Irréversible) (2002)
Drama – Crime – Thriller – Crime Drama – France, Paris Night – Young Beautiful Woman – Walk-Home-Alone – Wrong-Place at Wrong-Time – Brutal Attack – Sexual (Anal Rape) Abuse – Near-Fatal Beating – Tragedy – Revenge Thriller – Woman's Lover – ex-Boyfriend Team-Up – Rapist Track-Down – Take-Law-into-Their-Hands – Suspense – Tension – Rage – Extreme Violence – Crime Spree – Madness – Paranoia – Downward Spiral – Vigilantism Justice – Art-House – Experimental Film – Alternative – Avant-Garde – Grotesque – Bizarre – Hyper-Reality – Others – Reverse-Chronological Order – Disorienting Effect – Amoralism – Cynicism – Sadism – Nihilism – New France Extremity Movement – Disturbing – WTF Factor – Shock-Value – E x t r e m e – Indie Film – Cult Status – Foreign Language – European – France – 1001 Must-See Movies - DirectorNacho VigalondoStarsKarra ElejaldeCandela FernándezBárbara GoenagaA man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.Timecrimes (Los Cronocrímenes) (2007)
Science Fiction – Mystery – Thriller – Sci-Fi Mystery Thriller – Isolated Spanish Countryside House – Ordinary Middle-Aged Man – Assaulted Beautiful Woman Spotting – Investigation – Mysterious Bandaged-Face Maniac Stalker Attack – Escape Thriller – Secret Laboratory – Experimental Time-Machine – Confusion – Paranoia – Psychological Horror – Doppelgänger Effect – Self-Injury – Self-Antagonism – Existential Dread – Cosmic Horror – Puzzle Film – Complex Storytelling – Self-Conscious Narration – Dream-Like Reality – Art-House – Bizarre – Surrealism – Allegory – Minimalistic Setup – Experimental Film – Others – Slasher Film – Voyeurism – Time Travel – Time Loop – Time Paradox – Plot Twist – Indie Film – Alternative – Foreign Language – European – Spain
★★★★★★ (6/10) - DirectorShane CarruthStarsShane CarruthDavid SullivanCasey GoodenFour friends/fledgling entrepreneurs, knowing that there's something bigger and more innovative than the different error-checking devices they've built, wrestle over their new invention.Primer (2004)
★★★★★★ (6/10) - DirectorHélène CattetBruno ForzaniStarsCassandra ForêtCharlotte Eugène GuibeaudMarie BosAs a young girl Ana was a rebellious child. She was also tormented by images of death and a shadowy, ominous figure in black. Now an adult, she is once again tormented by shadowy, other-worldly forms.Amer (2009)
Horror – Thriller – Erotic Horror Drama – French Riviera – Young Woman’s Sexual Development – Three Different Chronicle Instances – Childhood-Adolescence-Womanhood – Oppressive / Hypersensitive Persona – Feverish Nightmares – Rape Fantasies – Exaggerated Fears – Chaotic Journey – Downward Spiral – Paranoia – Psychological Horror – Psychological Struggle – Claustrophobic Dread – Unsettling Horror – Body Horror – Psychosexual Thriller – Sexual Awakening – Sexual Oppression – Sexual Obsessions – Repression – Desire – Sensual – Fetichism – Male Gaze – Art-House Horror – Uncanny Experience – Bizarre – Avant-Garde – Experimental Film – Psychedelic Visual Stylings – Expressionism – Surrealism – Eroticism – Others – Slasher Film – Giallo Film – Coming-of-Age Tale – Enigmatic – Frenetic Elliptical Plot – Indie Film – New France Extremity Movement – Re-Watchable – Foreign Language – European – Belgium
★★★★★★ (6/10) - DirectorAndrzej ZulawskiStarsIsabelle AdjaniSam NeillMargit CarstensenA woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister.Possession (1981)
Drama – Horror – Erotic Drama – Married Couple – Marital Crisis – Divorce – Wife's Mysterious Lover – Erratic Behaviour – Infidelity Suspicions – Husband's Investigation – Psychological Horror – Humanoid-Squid – Body Horror – Urban-Gothic Horror – Supernatural Horror – Depression – Hysteria – Paranoia – Existential Dread – Delusional Disorder – Emotional Trauma – Downward Spiral – Mental Breakdown – Psychosexual Drama – Sexual Repression – Sexual Frustration – Separation Anxiety – Art-Horror – Uncanny Experience – Experimental Film – Doppelgänger Subplot – Surrealism – Symbolism – Nihilism – Allegorical – Metaphorical – Bizarre – Avant-Garde – Others – Monster Movie – Disturbing – E x t r e m e – Shock Value – WTF Factor – Mindfuck – Lovecraftian Aura – Cult Status – Foreign Language – European – France
★★★★★★ (6/10) - DirectorPhilippe GrandrieuxStarsMarc BarbéElina LöwensohnGéraldine VoillatA sexually frustrated serial killer takes a liking to a woman he comes across.Sombre (1998)
Drama – Horror – Drama – Te Tour de France – Solitary Motorist – Unstable Serial-Killer – Strangling Prostitutes Obsessive Pattern – Violence – Paroxysms – Psychosexual Horror – Emotional Wounded Woman Encounter – Complex victim/Killer Bond – Dysfunctional Relationship – Love-Hate Romance – Primal Instincts – Passion – Psychological Rapture – Sexual Abuse – Sadomasochism– Psychological Horror – Discomfort Sense – Instinctive Terror – Unsettling Horror – Art-House Horror – Bizarre – Experimental – Elliptically Fractured Plot – Confusing Cinematography – Minimalist Photography – Others – Beauty-and-Beast Allegory – Provocational Cinema – Discomfort Sense – Disturbing – Shock Value – Amoralism – Cynicism – Nihilism – Fatalism – Indie Film – New France Extremity Movement – Foreign Language – European – France – 1001 Must-See Movies
★★★★★ (5/10) - DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMarcello MastroianniAnouk AiméeClaudia CardinaleA harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.
- DirectorKoen MortierStarsDries VanhegenNorman BaertGunter LamootThree handicapped losers who form a band ask famous writer Dries to be their drummer. He joins the band and starts manipulating them.Ex Drummer (2007)
★★★★★ (5/10) - DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsAlisa FreyndlikhAleksandr KaydanovskiyAnatoliy SolonitsynA guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsColin FarrellRachel WeiszJessica BardenIn a dystopian near future, according to the laws of The City, single people are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in 45 days or they're transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.
- DirectorAleksandr SokurovStarsSergey DreydenMariya KuznetsovaLeonid MozgovoyA 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years.
- DirectorHarmony KorineStarsNick SuttonJacob SewellLara ToshLonely residents of a tornado-stricken Ohio town wander the deserted landscape trying to fulfill their boring, nihilistic lives.
- DirectorRon FrickeCarefully picked scenes of nature and civilization are viewed at high speed using time-lapse cinematography in an effort to demonstrate the history of various regions.
- DirectorCharles BurnettStarsHenry G. SandersKaycee MooreCharles BracySet in the Watts area of Los Angeles, a slaughterhouse worker must suspend his emotions to continue working at a job he finds repugnant, and then he finds he has little sensitivity for the family he works so hard to support.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsKimiko IkegamiMiki JinboKumiko ÔbaA schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsJack NanceCharlotte StewartAllen JosephHenry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
- DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsMargarita TerekhovaFilipp YankovskiyIgnat DaniltsevA dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.###########
- DirectorAlejandro JodorowskyStarsAlejandro JodorowskyHoracio SalinasZamira SaundersIn a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.###########
- DirectorAlejandro JodorowskyStarsAlejandro JodorowskyBrontis JodorowskyJosé LegarretaA mysterious black-clad gunfighter wanders a mystical Western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters.
- DirectorVera ChytilováStarsIvana KarbanováJitka CerhováMarie CeskováAfter realizing that all world is spoiled, Marie and Marie are committed to be spoiled themselves. They rip off older men, feast in lavish meals and do all kinds of mischief. But what is all this leading to?
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsÉtienne BeckerJean NégroniHélène ChatelainThe story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.
- DirectorJonas MekasStarsAdolfas MekasFrances StillmanBen CarruthersA depressed woman, Barbara, is on the verge of suicide while a man she meets in a church and a married couple try to convince her that life is worth living.
- DirectorLeos CaraxStarsDenis LavantEdith ScobEva MendesA man boards a limousine to be driven to his day's work: nine mysterious "appointments."
- DirectorJacques RivetteStarsJuliet BertoDominique LabourierBulle OgierA mysteriously linked pair of young women find their daily lives preempted by a strange boudoir melodrama that plays itself out in a hallucinatory parallel reality.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsFernando ReyDelphine SeyrigPaul FrankeurA surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.########
- DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsDelphine SeyrigGiorgio AlbertazziSacha PitoëffIn a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before.
- DirectorTerrence MalickStarsBrad PittSean PennJessica ChastainThe story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.
- DirectorFrantisek VlácilStarsJosef KemrMagda VásáryováNada HejnaA grim portrayal of the shift from Paganism to Christianity in medieval central Europe - as a young virgin promised to God is kidnapped and raped by a marauder who her religious father seeks to kill in return.
- DirectorPanos CosmatosStarsEva BourneMichael J RogersScott HylandsDespite being under heavy sedation, a young woman tries to make her way out of the Arboria Institute, a secluded, quasifuturistic commune.Beyond Τhe Black Rainbow (2010)
★★★ (3/10) - DirectorEskil VogtStarsEllen Dorrit PetersenHenrik RafaelsenVera VitaliForsaken in a new Oslo apartment, a frail blind woman battles to come to terms with her condition, as she slowly retracts into an elaborate fantasy bubble. Are her stories fanning her suspicions, or is this what total blindness looks like?